The Blue Brothers

England are playing Italy in the quarter finals of the European Championship today. That’s all that this Sunday has to offer really. That and another overnighter on the ol’ Greyhound. It would be a shame to be leaving the quaint little mom n pop hotel that we had been staying in whilst visiting Canada, but sure enough we had to pack up the rucksacks and head on out again. Thankfully, the weather Gods had been kind to us and offered up a very reasonable day for us to hike down to the bus terminal after one last look around (North) Niagara Falls.

The last moments in the hotel before setting off...

We had returned to the bar we had eaten in on our first night in the deserted town, a place called Grand Central. The irony being that it was the exact opposite of its namesake in New York...the streets were empty, even for a Friday night, and only roared into life when a biker tore down the road on his chopper for lack of anything else to do, and the bar was much the same. But they did a good portion of fish n chips so I was happy with that. After purchasing some supplies for the overnighter we had been left with a heavy handful of Canadian money – which can’t be used in the US although US dollars are accepted in Canada. So we realised that we could grab a footlong Subway and have half for lunch and half for dinner on the coach – nobody said this trip would be glamorous! And with the change we would have enough money to order two Root Beers from Grand Central, on the basis that we were entitled to free refills!

The only good thing about that trip was the free refills.

So here I am in Buffalo, New York, sitting on a blue plastic chair (probably made from HDPE) in the Greyhound terminal at 22:06. The bus was late leaving Niagara Falls, and it took another 20 mins or so to get through Customs after explaining that the only things we had purchased in Canada were snacks. It’s been over half an hour since we got here, and the smell from the toilets hasn’t wavered since our last visit, and we should hopefully be pulling out of the depot at 11:55. A stop-over in Cleveland at 03:00 for an hour and a half and we should (hopefully) be on our way to Chicago, Illinois, the city of.....ummmmmm.....well there’s the......aaaah......well we’ve heard it’s lovely anyway so we both want to go there.

Have enjoyed Canada and it’s people very much and really hope to visit again someday, maybe to explore the northern territories and see some bears catching wild salmon or something! Anywho, I will leave this entry here and hopefully be able to put something interesting in tomorrow!